, March 10 -- Scientists have found possible evidence suggesting that some killer whales may hunt and eat their own species in waters near Russia. The discovery comes after two severed fins of killer ...

If we were to list some of the most common animals, we might think of sharks, foxes, or dolphins. However, the world has ...

Orcas in Alaska's Prince William Sound and Kenai Fjords have a diverse, seasonally changing diet of salmon and groundfish, consumed across regional foraging hotspots. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock ...

Leatherback turtles are unusual among reptiles because they are able to keep their bodies warmer than the surrounding ocean ...

Lynne Schafer Gross and Mark McDermott One day circa 1970, a boy in El Segundo looked up at a telephone pole near his home and saw a hawk perched at ...

They appear straight out of prehistory – and they are; the reptiles have survived mostly unchanged since the age of the dinosaurs. They are a soft shelled turtle with thick, black, rubbery skin where ...

Scientists found evidence that killer whales may hunt and eat other killer whales, revealing new insights into how ...

Orcas, or killer whales, are deadly and beautiful apex predators.

Wild orcas across four continents have repeatedly floated fish and other prey to astonished swimmers and boaters, hinting that the ocean’s top predator likes to make friends. Researchers cataloged 34 ...

It's long been thought that the Southern Resident orcas that live in our region have no predators, but Bigg's orcas might be ...

Editor’s note: We’ll bite. Folks, why should we bother saving orca whales? Kids, you, too. Send your letters with your name, address and phone number to letters@heraldnet.com. Letters of 250 words or ...

Orcas don’t have any natural predators, so how did this happen? The tooth marks, it turned out, were distinctive – they were ...